A TOUCH OF CLASS
How Virtual Hi-Q conquered the pandemic:
NAME: Kushagra Gupta
SCHOOL: Garnet Valley High School GRADE: 12 HI-Q CONTRIBUTIONS: Three year starter; Nationals Champion 2018-19; Delaware County Champion 201819, 2019-20; received a letter of commendation by Congresswoman
Mary Gay Scanlon; All Delco Hi-Q Team 2021 ACADEMIC
ACHIEVEMENT: National Merit Scholarship Finalist 2021; Science Olympiad - Experimental Design - 2nd place in PA Southeast Regional Finals 2020 (23 teams); Science Olympiad Experimental Design - 10th place at Duke University Science Olympiad Invitational 2021 (154 teams); National AP Scholar with Distinction 2020; All India Rank 43, Resonance Student Talent Reward Test 2017; Model UN - Best Delegate (1st place) at AUKMUN 2019
SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT: Pennsylvania Governor’s School for the Sciences; Model United Nations (President); InvestIN Young Entrepreneur Summer Internship; Student Council; Teen Volunteer at Penn Medicine; National Honor Society (Vice President); Science Olympiad; Football (Varsity)
NAME: Hannah Gifford
SCHOOL: Delaware County Christian School
GRADE: 12 HI-Q CONTRIBUTIONS: Starter, 1012; Co-Captain, 11-12; MVP, 11; Biology, American history. ACADEMIC
ACHIEVEMENT: Highest honor role. SCHOOL AND
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT: Soccer, lacrosse, church volunteer, teacher aid in science and language.
NAME: Sein Kim
SCHOOL: Valley Forge Military Academy
GRADE: 12
HI-Q CONTRIBUTIONS: Captain, two year member.
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT: National Honor Society; Dean of the Academy, 2018,’19, ‘20; The Harvey Medal for Math 2nd Class, ‘20; The Harvey Medal for Science 3rd class; Harvey Medal for Chinese 3 (‘19).
SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT: Swimming, Student Council Vice President, HiQ, and Leadership (Band Captain)
NAME: Jeffrey Carberry
SCHOOL: Chichester High School GRADE: 12th Grade HI-Q CONTRIBUTIONS: Four year member, Current Events, American History, Geography, American Government.
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT: Graduating near the top of class.
SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT: President of Rho Kappa (social studies) and Tri M (music) honor societies, Pennsylvania State Senate campaign and district office intern. NAME: Sarah Dao SCHOOL: Marple Newtown High School GRADE: 12 Hi-Q CONTRIBUTIONS: Art History and World History
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT: Multiple honors societies including National Honor Society, Science National Honors Society, and TriM; Student of the Month.
School and Community Involve- ment: President of the Band, Concert Band, Marching Band, Co-founder of Environmental Club
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SCHOOL: Academy Park High School GRADE: 12 HI-Q CONTRIBUTIONS: Chemistry, Art History, Math, and World History.
ACADEMICACHIEVEMENT: Scored 5s AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC and AP Chemistry exams.
SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT: Tech Crew, Tennis, member of winning Engineer For The Week event team.
NAME: Hena
SCHOOL: Upper Darby High School GRADE: 12 HI-Q CONTRIBUTIONS: Team member 2017-’21
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT: Distinguished Honor Roll
SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT: Math Team, Science National Honor Society, English National Honor Society, French National Honor Society, Rho Kappa Social Studies Honor Society
NAME: Poyphain Sorphapmixay (Poy)
SCHOOL: STEM Academy at Showalter GRADE: 10 Hi-Q CONTRIBUTIONS: One-year member.
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT: I haven’t done anything yet that’s worthy of being called an academic achievement. NAME: Andrew Fox SCHOOL: Springfield High School GRADE: 12 HI-Q CONTRIBUTIONS: Three year member, chemistry, American government, American history, sports, physics
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT: Distinguished Honor Roll,
FBLA Insurance and Risk Management
Dillan
Sokalczuk
Ansari
State Champion, AP Scholar with Distinction, National Honor Society, National Spanish Exam Bronze Medalist, Presidential Scholars Candidate
SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT: Track and field captain, cross country captain, Student Council Executive Board, Steve Stefani Dance Marathon Finance captain, St. Kevin CCD assistant, Future Business Leaders of America member
NAME: Atanasiu
SCHOOL: Interboro High School GRADE: 11 HI-Q CONTRIBUTIONS: Geography, US history, sports, contributed 19 points to final game win
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT: 5th in class, 4.0 GPA, 5 and 4 on AP exams, part of the gifted program
SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT: Cross country, track, soccer
NAME: Mikhaidia Miller
SCHOOL: Penn Wood High School GRADE: 11 HI-Q CONTRIBUTIONS: Literature, U.S. history, current events
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT: 4.0 GPA, distinguished honor roll, dual enrollment at Drexel University, AP student
SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT: Tennis, writer for school newspaper, and honor society.
NAME: Madison Frank
SCHOOL: Academy of Notre Dame GRADE: 11 HI-Q CONTRIBUTIONS: Two year member, Literature, Shakespeare, and U.S. History, created study guides and practice questions
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT: Silver key in poetry and short story at the 2020 Scholastic Writing Awards in the Philadelphia region, first place awards in botany at PJAS regional science fair in 2019 and 2020, named to the 2020 NFHCA High National Academic Squad with a Scholar of Distinction, published an article on the USA Field Hockey
Matthew
website, honorable mention award in the National Spanish Exam in 2018, 2019, and 2020, sports editor of school newspaper 2020-2021 school year, distinguished honor roll every semester in high school, first literary arts scholar in Notre Dame Art Scholar Program, KYW Newstuides program, and wrote and produced a podcast on KYW Radio
SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT: player for Notre Dame high school field team, player for Horizon Field Hockey Club, writer for school newspaper (The Gates), referee for Fast Flicks Field Hockey League, member of Reading Olympics club, member of school Hi-Q team, big sister in Notre Dame Big Sister Little Sister program, Notre Dame Arts Scholar Program with a literary focus, Notre Dame student ambassador, and National Honors Society. NAME: Kelsey Celestino SCHOOL: Sun Valley High School
GRADE: 11
HI-Q CONTRIBUTIONS:
Three year member, Shakespeare, Literature, Geography, and American History.
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT: Tied for second in the Impromptu Speech district championship, “Best Attorney” Mock Trial winner, AP student.
SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT: Theater, Choir Government secretary, Speech & Debate Team, National Honor Society, Science National Honor Society, Math National Honor Society, English National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society, Society of Torch and Laurel, The National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Congress of Future Medical Leaders, Vacation Bible Camp volunteer, Girl Scout troop member.
NAME: Abigail Lance SCHOOL: Monsignor Bonner Archbishop Prendergast
GRADE: 12
HI-Q CONTRIBUTION: Captain, 2-year member
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT:
Top 3% in the Archdiocese, Top 10% in school, Honors student.
SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY Abigail Lance INVOLVEMENT:
National Honor Society, Hi-Q, softball team manager, volleyball team cocaptain, Community Service Corps, school tutor. NAME: Jacky Chen SCHOOL: Archbishop Carroll
Grade: 12
Hi-Q Contributions: Two-year member, helped with history, sports, and government
Academic Achievement: Neumann Scholar, National Merit Scholar Finalist, AP Scholar with Distinction School and Community Involvement: Crew Team, Band, All-Catholic Concert Band, All-Catholic Jazz Band, Volunteer at Greater Philadelphia Health Action, Volunteer at Church of the Overcomer, CYO Basketball
NAME: Evelyn Blanchette
SCHOOL: Strath Haven GRADE: 12
HI-Q CONTRIBUTIONS:
CoCaptain, four-year competitor
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT: National Honor Society, AP Scholar, National Merit Finalist
SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT: Jabberwocky Editor-in-Chief, Mock Trial competitor, Panther Press editor, Wallingford Elementary volunteer
NAME: Aanchalika Chauhan
SCHOOL: Radnor High School
GRADE: 12
HI-Q CONTRIBUTIONS: Captain, 3 Year Member, Art History, World History, Shakespeare, Physics. ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT: Honor Roll, AP Scholar with Honor, Future Business Leaders
of America Regional 1st Place Management Decision Making, Future Business Leaders of America
Regional 1st Place Hospitality and Event Management, National Honor Society.
SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT: Swim Team, Orchestra, Marching Band, League of Women Voters, Board of Health Student Intern, Hospital Volunteer.
NAME: Jake Curran SCHOOL: Ridley High School
GRADE: 12
HI-Q CONTRIBUTIONS: Captain; American History, Geography, Sports, Current Events
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT: Na- tional Honor Society Trea- surer, National Merit Finalist
SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY IN- VOLVEMENT: Mock Trial, Varsity Tennis, Boy Scouts, Let There Be Rock School NAME: Ian Kratzinger SCHOOL: Haverford High School
GRADE: 12
HI-Q CONTRIBUTIONS: Geography, Current
Events,
Biology,
Math,
American
History, Literature,
Shakespeare
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT: Member of the National Honor Society and Science and Technical Honor Societies, four years of honor roll
SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT: Science Olympiad team captain, Boy Scouts, PHS volunteer, Math Club officer
NAME: Allison Barusevicius
SCHOOL: Penncrest
HI-Q CONTRIBUTIONS Hi-Q Contributions: Co-captain